Re: python developer

2022-10-01, orzodk schrieb: > Jan van den Broek writes: > >> 2022-10-01, Mike Dewhirst schrieb: >> >>>So the answer to your question is signed email is easy and if it becomes >>>popular it has potential to defeat hackers. >> >> Yes, but I'

Re: python developer

2022-10-01, Mike Dewhirst schrieb: >So the answer to your question is signed email is easy and if it becomes >popular it has potential to defeat hackers. Yes, but I'm reading this as a usenet-message (comp.lang.python), not as a mail. -- Jan v/d Broek balgl...@dds.nl -- https://mail.python.o

Re: python developer

2022-09-29, Mike Dewhirst schrieb: > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) Why? [Schnipp] -- Jan v/d Broek balgl...@dds.nl -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [OT] Annoying message duplication, was Re: Unsubscribe/can't login

On 2021-05-05, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > On 05/05/2021 16:10, Ethan Furman wrote: > >> I see your messages twice (occasionally with other posters as well).?? I >> have no idea how to fix it.?? :( > > OK, I'll try another option from Thunderbird's context menu: Followup to > Newsgrou

Re: [OT] Annoying message duplication, was Re: Unsubscribe/can't login

On 2021-05-05, Jim Byrnes wrote: > On 5/5/21 9:39 AM, Peter Otten wrote: >> On 05/05/2021 16:10, Ethan Furman wrote: >> >>> I see your messages twice (occasionally with other posters as well). >>> I have no idea how to fix it.?? :( >> >> OK, I'll try another option from Thunderbird's context m

Re: Unsubscribe/can't login

On 2021-05-05, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: > On 05/05/2021 13:03, Jan van den Broek wrote: >> On 2021-05-05, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: >> >> Perhaps there's something wrong on my side, but I'm >> seeing this message twice: [

Re: Unsubscribe/can't login

On 2021-05-05, Peter Otten <__pete...@web.de> wrote: Perhaps there's something wrong on my side, but I'm seeing this message twice: Msg-ID: mailman.145.1620211376.3087.python-l...@python.org Return-Path: __pete...@web.de and Msg-ID: mailman.146.1620211381.3087.python-l...@python.org Return-Path

Re: Recursive method in class

On 2019-09-27, ast wrote: > Is it feasible to define a recursive method in a class ? > (I don't need it, it's just a trial) > > Here are failing codes: > > > class Test: > def fib(self, n): > if n < 2: return n > return fib(self, n-2) + fib(self, n-1) self.

Re: Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

On 2018-07-13, Larry Martell wrote: [Schnipp] > And while we're talking about the Dutch, why is the country called > Holland, but then also The Netherlands, but the people are Dutch? Be careful here, this is a somewhat delicate matter. Strictly speaking Holland is part of Nederland (the Netherl

Re: Guido van Rossum resigns as Python leader

On 2018-07-13, ElChino wrote: >> The important question we should ask ourselves: Do we have a replacement >> Dutch person to figure out the one obvious way to do things that may not >> be obvious at first? > > Skybuck?! Also Dutch. We try to deny that. It'll probably lead to ending every statemen

Re: This newsgroup (comp.lang.python) may soon be blocked by Google Groups

On 2018-02-01, superchromix wrote: > > Our own programming discussion newsgroup, located at comp.lang.idl-pvwave, >started receiving spam messages several months ago. > > Two weeks ago, access to comp.lang.idl-pvwave was blocked by Google Groups. > > When trying to access comp.lang.idl-pvwave,

Re: Rosetta: Zebra puzzle (2.)

On 2017-05-15, jlada...@itu.edu wrote: > On Sunday, May 14, 2017 at 12:53:41 PM UTC-7, bream...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I report all of his posts on gg as hateful or violent content. > > I have been doing the same. Google, are you listening? Google hates Usenet. -- Jan v/d Broek balgl...@dds.nl -

Re: Rosetta: Zebra puzzle (2.)

On 2017-05-13, Robert L. wrote: [Schnipp] > def build_permutations things > if block_given? > things.permutation.select{|x| yield x} > else > things.permutation.to_a > end > end I fail to recognize the Python-version. -- Jan v/d Broek balgl...@dds.nl -- https://mail.python.org/

Unusual reactions (Was: .Re: Using Loops to track user input)

On 2017-04-20, Robert L. wrote: Two things: - There's a '.' in front of "Re". - There's no "References"-header in your messages, this may confuse some newsreaders. -- Jan v/d Broek balgl...@dds.nl -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: ^D vs ^Z as EOF and DOS dinosaurs talking (was: open() and EOFError)

On 2014-07-08, Tim Chase wrote: > On 2014-07-09 01:49, Chris Angelico wrote: >> Have you ever used COPY CON to create a binary file? > > No, for that I used DEBUG.EXE (or DEBUG.COM on older versions of DOS) Both. -- Jan v/d Broek ba

Re: cx_Oracle throws: ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start ...

> > On Sun, 11/24/13, MRAB wrote: > > > > Subject: Re: cx_Oracle throws: ImportError: DLL load failed: This > application has failed to start ... > > To: python-list@python.org > > Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 7:17 PM > > > > On 24/11/201

cx_Oracle throws: ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start ...

I'm on Windows XP SP3, Python 2.7.1. On running import cx_Oracle I got the error ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. I then ran Dependency Walker on cx_Oracle.

Re: A desperate lunge for on-topic-ness

cards, and character based terminals Should that really be the basis for a suggested style now? Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: what gui designer is everyone using

ced ready- to-run GUIs. But it's old and not well kept up. There's some new work being done on it but it seems to be mostly housekeeping work - how to best package it, etc. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: name of a sorting algorithm

through all the other elements, swapping the elements at the pointers when necessary. Then the one pointer moved down to the next element and the process repeats. This looks like the bubble sort to me. It was one of the first algorithms I had to program in my first programming class in 1969. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: subprocess.Popen under windows 7

Thank you very much. Now I have written a little c++ programm which produces some ouput. And now it works fine. There is something wrong with 7zip.exe and the arglist with *. Tonight I will go on and hunt the error. It should be Python 2.7 #!/usr/bin/env python PATH_TO_EXE = "C:/Users/yoic

Re: subprocess.Popen under windows 7

I didn't have Windows 7 right now, but that shouldn't happen with the code you've given; when trimming code for posting, you should check that the trimmed code still have the exact same problem. Here is the hole code: #!/usr/bin/env python # little script to backup recursive a folder with 7z

subprocess.Popen under windows 7

Hello, i have something like this under windows 7: print("try command...") arglist = [PATH_TO_7ZIP,"a", "-sfx", archive_name, "*", "-r", "-p",PASSWORD] p = subprocess.Popen(args=arglist, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, cwd=srcdir) output, error

Re: Pragmatics of the standard is() function

On Nov 29, 12:41 am, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:22:09 -0800, Den wrote: > > With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a language > > construct should be rare.  All constructs should be used > > *appropriately*. > > And if those appro

Re: Pragmatics of the standard is() function

On Nov 26, 3:01 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:20:36 +0100, candide wrote: >>SNIP<< > > That is correct. You probably should rarely use `is`. Apart from testing > for None, use of `is` should be rare. > > -- > Steven With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a lang

Re: Return of an old friend

On Nov 25, 2:13 am, Noah Hall wrote: > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Matt Joiner wrote: > > I haven't heard of you before, but feel like I've missed out on something. > > > Do you (or someone else) care to link to some of your more contentious work? > > Ignore him, he's a troll with an unjustl

Re: Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

On Sep 1, 8:52 am, Den wrote: > Obviously, this is a windows-based question.  I know that Ctrl-Alt-Del > is handled deep inside the OS, and I'm not trying to interrupt that. > But is there some way to detect that a C-A-D has been pressed? > > Also, is there a corresponding key

Re: Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

On Sep 2, 5:27 am, sjm wrote: > On Sep 1, 12:52 pm, Den wrote: > > > Obviously, this is a windows-based question.  I know that Ctrl-Alt-Del > > is handled deep inside the OS, and I'm not trying to interrupt that. > > But is there some way to detect that a C-A-D

Re: Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

On Sep 2, 5:27 am, sjm wrote: > On Sep 1, 12:52 pm, Den wrote: > > > Obviously, this is a windows-based question.  I know that Ctrl-Alt-Del > > is handled deep inside the OS, and I'm not trying to interrupt that. > > But is there some way to detect that a C-A-D

Detecting Ctrl-Alt-Del in Windows

those too? Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Learning Python

s, etc it would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks, > User Learning Python, and Programming in Python by Lutz. They worked for me. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Programmer font

ified the droid Sans Mono font to provide underlines which may be distinguished from each other. (I also augmented the slashed zero to be more to my liking). Give it a try. If you like it, great. If not, no big deal. http://code.google.com/p/droid-sans-mono-py/ Den -- http://mail.python.org/ma

Re: Python "why" questions

27;. The whole rest of the world understands that implicitly, even if their counting starts '1', '2', 'many'. 0-based lists are NOT common sense. They only make sense to the programmers of computer languages, and their fanbois. There may be loads of reasons for it, but don't throw common sense around as one of them. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: packaging multiple python scripts as Windows exe file

and if you need them. By the way, I'd be interested to hear if there are any other such solutions for embedding binary files in a python program. Hope that helped. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: (a==b) ? 'Yes' : 'No'

e post-fix (I know about Forth) or allow only +=, -=, /=, etc. assignments ONLY. (Just as no reasonable car designer would put the accelerator pedal on the left.) There are conventions which should span products. Yes python has the trinary operator and it's not going to change, but this seems like a bit of petulance on the part of the designer. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: OT: Meaning of "monkey"

om characters, which they compared to a selected set of Shakespeare's plays. Just before the site disappeared (or I lost track of it), they had received strings representing the first maybe 15 or 20 characters of several plays. Den -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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python sqlite THREADSAFE?

Hi, Is the sqlite distributed with Python 2.5 compiled with the -DTHREADSAFE=1 flag? My gutt feeling is Windows (yes) MacOS/Linux (no) but ... If it is not on MacOS/Linux, how do I go about replacing the sqlite so file with a threadsafe sqlite? Thanks, EuGeNe -- http://www.3kwa.com -- http:

Re: ActiveRecord for Python/MySQL

Devraj wrote: > My application uses MySQL as a backend and am using the MySQL/Python > bindings. Are there any libraries that provide a database abstraction > layer like Activerecords for Python?' SQLObject SQLAclhemy DejaVu Storm Google for Python ORM you may find more! EuGeNe -- http://www.3kw

Re: ORM layer

David wrote: > I am looking for an ORM for Python that fulfills a few simple needs. * SQLObject * SQLAlchemy (+Elixir) * DejaVu There are probably others but these are the most commonly used AFAIK. EuGeNe -- http://www.3kwa.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: poplib.retr doens't flag message as read

Gabriel Genellina wrote: > The POP protocol has no concept of "read" or "unread" messages; the LIST > command simply shows all existing messages. My mistake, I guess I was confused by the documentation retr( which) Retrieve whole message number which, and set its seen flag. Result is in form (

poplib.retr doens't flag message as read

Hi there, I am trying to use the poplib library to get emails using the retr method. The small program bellow works but the message aren't flagged as read which puzzles me. I believe the pop server is qmail 1.0.6 / vpopmail 5.2.1 and I am running the following script on Windows using Pyhton 2.

Re: running a random function

David Bear said unto the world upon 06/07/2007 11:56 AM: > I would like to write some code that would randomly select a function from a > list of functions and call it. I was looking in the globals names space and > randomly selecting items that were of type function.. but I didn't see a > way of a

Re: example: 40286 -> 68204

Shihpin said unto the world upon 06/03/2007 08:23 PM: > Hi all, > > Is there a fuction that reverse the digits of a number? > > Many thanks, > > Shihpin Lin > This does it: def reversed_int(i): > ... return int(''.join(reversed(str(i > ... reversed_int(12345) > 54321

Re: file / module / package - import problem

aspineux wrote: > import os.path > > file=open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'hauteur.yaml')) Thanks that worked ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: c[:]()

Warren Stringer said unto the world upon 05/30/2007 05:31 PM: > Hmmm, this is for neither programmer nor computer; this is for a user. If I > wanted to write code for the benefit for the computer, I'd still be flipping > switches on a PDP-8. ;-) > > This is inconsistent: > > why does c[:][0]() w

file / module / package - import problem

Hi there, I have a "problem" which could be a bad design on my behalf but I am not sure so ... I have a package WMI which contains a module hauteur.py which, when imported, load data from a file located in WMI/data/. In hauteur.py I call open('data/hauteur.yaml'). test.py WMI/ hauteur.py

Re: webbrowser module bug?

Ron Adam said unto the world upon 05/25/2007 12:28 PM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module? >>> >>> Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25) >>> [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0u

Re: Properties/Decorators [WAS: Can I reference 1 instance of an object by more names ? rephrase]

Peter Otten said unto the world upon 05/23/2007 01:32 PM: > Brian van den Broek wrote: >> Help on built-in function apply in module __builtin__: >> >> But: >> >> >>> [x for x in dir('__builtin__') if 'apply' in x] >> [

Re: Properties/Decorators [WAS: Can I reference 1 instance of an object by more names ? rephrase]

Wildemar Wildenburger said unto the world upon 05/23/2007 08:43 AM: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: >> here's an example using a property: >> >> class cpu_ports(object): >> def __init__(self, value=0): >> self._d = value >> @apply >> def value(): >> def fset(self, value): >

Re: Can I reference 1 instance of an object by more names ?

Stef Mientki said unto the world upon 05/22/2007 07:44 PM: > hello, > > I'm trying to build a simple functional simulator for JAL (a Pascal-like > language for PICs). > My first action is to translate the JAL code into Python code. > The reason for this approach is that it simplifies the simulato

Re: Inheritance

HMS Surprise said unto the world upon 05/22/2007 02:40 PM: > I am trying to understand the 'if' statement and the exec statement in > the code below. I would like to add several common routines to this > class and then inherit it into a class in another file. This other > class would need to access

Re: TIFF to PDF

Gabriel Genellina said unto the world upon 05/21/2007 10:12 AM: > En Mon, 21 May 2007 10:53:08 -0300, Brian van den Broek > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > >> Gabriel Genellina said unto the world upon 05/21/2007 07:01 AM: >>> En Mon, 21 May 2007 07:42:21 -030

Re: TIFF to PDF

Gabriel Genellina said unto the world upon 05/21/2007 07:01 AM: > En Mon, 21 May 2007 07:42:21 -0300, revuesbio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > >> os.system('"C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\tiff2pdf.exe" -o C:\test.pdf >> C:\test.TIF') > > \ is used as a escape character in strings. > Use eith

Re: preferred windows text editor?

T. Crane wrote: > Right now I'm using Notepad++. What are other people using? > > trevis > > VIM here as well ... here we go again :P EuGeNe -- http://www.3kwa.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PChess 0.9

majeed rana said unto the world upon 05/07/2007 01:13 AM: > I want pchess 0.9 > I want a mansion and a yacht. Unlike you, google can't help me. Brian vdB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: base64 and unicode

Duncan Booth wrote: > However, the decoded text looks as though it is utf16 encoded so it should be > written as binary. i.e. > the output mode should be "wb". Thanks for the "wb" tip that works (see bellow). I guess it is experience based but how could you tell that it was utf16 encoded? > S

base64 and unicode

Hi, I am trying to convert the file hebrew.b64 attached into hebrew.lang (text file usable by Inline Search for localization purposes. >>> import base64 >>> base64.decode(file("hebrew.b64","r"),file("hebrew.lang","w")) It runs but the result is not corre

Re: EuroPython vs PyconUK

Michele Simionato wrote: > I don't see the problem. In my view EuroPython is the big event in > Europe. If you can > go to only one conference and you have the possibility to travel to > Vilnius, then go to EuroPython. > The national conferences are of interest primarily for people of that > nati

Re: EuroPython vs PyconUK

Alex Martelli wrote: > I like the kudos, thanks!, but I'm not quite sure what you're saying > about my travel plans... just to clarify, once again I'll have to miss > EuroPython _and_ PythonUK, two events I attended most assiduously when I > was living in Europe (but then, for two years running I'v

Re: EuroPython vs PyconUK

Fuzzyman wrote: > I assume you have the same problem with the Italian one? Not so much because the official language of Pycon Uno Italy is Italian so I don't feel too concerned (unfortunately my Italian is not quite good enough). > Seriously though, it is *great* to see the UK Python scene flou

Re: EuroPython vs PyconUK

Steve Holden wrote: > So by this reasoning there should have been no "Python UK" conference > for the last four years (in case you didn't know it ran as a track of > the C/C++ conference, but ths track has now broadened to include all > scripting languages). And what about the people who can't

EuroPython vs PyconUK

I do realize that the UK is not really part of Europe (no polemic :P) but I am nevertheless curious about the logic behind creating another major Python event in Europe. Wasn't EuroPython enough? Like many I am sure, I probably won't be able to attend both (and I really enjoyed the Geneva exper

Re: Access to file dropped on .exe/.app icon

Martin wrote: > If i create an app using py2exe/py2app is there then a way on windows/ > mac to get access to a file dragged and dropped on to the .exe/.app > icon? > > Martin > I did something like that for a small program I wrote to learn more about Python Programming on Windows ... check it

Re: tuples, index method, Python's design

Antoon Pardon said unto the world upon 04/13/2007 02:46 AM: > On 2007-04-12, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So much fuss over such a little thing... yes it would be nice if tuples >> grew an index method, but it isn't hard to work around the lack. > > Yes it is a little thing. Bu

Re: doctests for interactive functions

Neil Cerutti said unto the world upon 02/09/2007 08:52 AM: > On 2007-02-08, Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Can I run the rough structure of my code past you to see if it >> is in the vicinity of what you mean? (I have removed some >> details for s

Re: Python Newbie

spazziam said unto the world upon 02/08/2007 04:18 PM: > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > File "C:\Python23\vdrop2\final py\vdrop2.py", line 123 > def INIT_HIGHS(): > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Why would this come up? > Hi, Most likely, a previous line contains an unfinished s

Re: doctests for interactive functions

Neil Cerutti said unto the world upon 02/08/2007 02:25 PM: > On 2007-02-08, Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> All classes take an optional argument input_function that >> determines how the class instance gets its input. If this is >> not provided, it def

Re: doctests for interactive functions

Ben Finney said unto the world upon 02/08/2007 03:03 PM: > Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Since the classes are for getting input interactively, a >> straightforward use of doctest is not going to work. (The tests >> won't run automaticall

doctests for interactive functions

Hi all, I have a module of classes for getting input from the user that satisfies various constraints. For instance, one class is created with a menu of option, presents them to the user, and rejects any input other than a menu option; another ensures that the user's input is interpretable as

Re: OT: Sarcasm and irony

bryan rasmussen said unto the world upon 10/10/06 08:25 AM: > As was noted in my original statement the weak form of irony such as > understood by Danes and I suppose by Americans as well, since that is > what Steve was originally complaining about, is descended from the > concept of Dramatic Ir

Re: pprint: "...thank small children who sleep at night."

Brian L. Troutwine said unto the world upon 19/09/06 05:30 PM: > The heading comment to pprint reads: > > # This is a simple little module I wrote to make life easier. I > didn't > # see anything quite like it in the library, though I may have > overlooked > # something. I wrote this when I w

Re: Python 411.

Mike T said unto the world upon 13/06/06 10:46 AM: > What exactly is 411 in this context? A reference to higher education > perhaps? Or perhaps part of the American constitution? What exactly? > Also for that matter what is 101? > > Cheers, > Mike > Hi Mike, 411 is the number one dials in Nor

Re: OOP / language design question

Bruno Desthuilliers said unto the world upon 25/04/06 06:52 PM: > Duncan Booth a écrit : > >>bruno at modulix wrote: >> >> >> >>>class Base(object): >>> def __init__(self, arg1): >>> self.attr1 = arg1 >>> self.dothis() >>> >>> def dothis(self): >>> return self.attr1 >>> >>>class Derived(Base

RESOLVED Re: PYTHONPATH

> either in /etc/profile (will be system-wide default) or ~/.bash_profile > (will be user-specific). and Edward Elliott said unto the world upon 23/04/06 07:56 PM: > Brian van den Broek wrote: >>So, it seems that I currently have to invoke '. .bash_profile' >>ma

Re: PYTHONPATH

Edward Elliott said unto the world upon 23/04/06 07:56 PM: > Brian van den Broek wrote: >>Only somewhat, as if I open a brand new shell: >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ python >> >>> from sys import path >> >>> path[0:3] >>['', 

Re: PYTHONPATH

Edward Elliott said unto the world upon 23/04/06 04:28 PM: > Brian van den Broek wrote: > >>The suggestions above appear not to work for me: >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/profile | grep 'export PYTHONPATH' >>export PYTHONPATH="~/PythonFiles&quo

Re: PYTHONPATH

bruno at modulix said unto the world upon 20/04/06 08:38 AM: >>Can anyone help me to make my path persistant? > > > Just like any other environnement variable on your system. With most > distros, it will be something like adding the line: > > export PYTHONPATH="/a/possible/path;/another/one;/

Re: Basic coin flipper program - logical error help

DannyB said unto the world upon 21/02/06 06:14 PM: > I'm just learning Python. I've created a simple coin flipper program - > here is the code: > > [source] > #Coin flipper > import random > > heads = 0 > tails = 0 > counter = 0 > > coin = random.randrange(2) > > while (counter < 100): > i

Re: question about scope

John Salerno said unto the world upon 16/02/06 09:18 AM: > "Name references search at most four scopes: local, then enclosing > functions (if any), then global, then built-in." > > I understand what global and built-in are, and I thought I understood > the concept of local too, but when I got

Re: New Python.org website ?

Steve Holden said unto the world upon 11/01/06 04:44 AM: > http://beta.python.org A few minor points about the design: The "Using Python for . . ." for section on the right is expectation violating in several ways: 1) Each two lines have 3 separate links, but all go to the same place. Much bet

Re: How can I create a dict that sets a flag if it's been modified

Brian van den Broek said unto the world upon 12/01/06 03:42 AM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 12/01/06 03:15 AM: > >>I can think of several messy ways of making a dict that sets a flag if >>it's been altered, but I have a hunch that experienced python >&

Re: How can I create a dict that sets a flag if it's been modified

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 12/01/06 03:15 AM: > I can think of several messy ways of making a dict that sets a flag if > it's been altered, but I have a hunch that experienced python > programmers would probably have an easier (well maybe more Pythonic) > way of doing this. > > It'

Re: What is the slickest way to transpose a square list of lists (tuple of tuples)?

Gerard Brunick said unto the world upon 08/01/06 01:27 PM: > My way is ugly. These has to be a better way. > > Thanks, > Gerard If you'd posted your way, I might well have seen if I could do it in a nicer fashion. But, since for all I know, my best efforts would result in the approach you alre

Re: What's wrong with this code snippet?

Karlo Lozovina said unto the world upon 04/01/06 04:19 PM: > Here is it: > > --- > class Human: > def __init__(self, eye_one, eye_two): > self.eye_one = eye_one > self.eye_two = eye_two > > class Population: > def __init__(self): > self.house = [] >

Re: OT: Degrees as barriers to entry [was Re: - E04 - Leadership! Google, Guido van Rossum, PSF]

Steven D'Aprano said unto the world upon 03/01/06 07:33 PM: > On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:27:39 -0800, Alex Martelli wrote: > > >>Or some even more stringent qualification, such as the state's Bar exam >>for lawyers -- you may not be able to sit for that exam w/o the >>appropriate degree, but the degr

Re: Bug ??

Eddy Ilg said unto the world upon 02/01/06 05:43 PM: > Hi, > > I have a class and I am trying to set the instance varirable 'variables' > (also tried different names). The variable gets initialized by > default-value parameter of the constructor. When I change the variable and > call the construct

Re: Global Variables in OOP and Python

Gary Herron said unto the world upon 30/12/05 08:03 PM: > newbie wrote: > > >>Hello, >> >>I have questions about global variables in OOP (in general) and Python >>(in specific). I understand (I think) that global variables are >>generally not a good idea. However, if there are variables that nee

Re: Extending Python with C++

Brian van den Broek said unto the world upon 29/12/05 12:03 PM: > jeremito said unto the world upon 29/12/05 11:39 AM: > >>I am learning how to extend Pythong with C++. I have will be writing >>some code in C++ and want/need Python to interact with it. I am not >>havi

Re: Extending Python with C++

jeremito said unto the world upon 29/12/05 11:39 AM: > I am learning how to extend Pythong with C++. I have will be writing > some code in C++ and want/need Python to interact with it. I am not > having success following the online documentation from > http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html. I have

Re: Modifying values in a list

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 29/12/05 10:43 AM: > The following code: > > numbers = [1, 2, 3] > for value in numbers: > value *= 2 > print numbers > > results in the following output: > [1, 2, 3] > > The intent of the code was to produce this output: > [2, 4, 6] > > What is

Re: Guido at Google

Graham Fawcett said unto the world upon 2005-12-22 08:18: > Steve Holden wrote: > >>>Nicola Musatti wrote: >>>Of course, I'm going on vacation next week and there was talk >>>about a one-way ticket to Mexico. The real question is will they let me >>>*back* in? :-) >>> >> >>I would be careful comi

Re: Please i need a hand with writing a simple task.

Marian said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 10:58: > Can you pleae help me with this task. I have really hard time with > my textbook desolving this problem. The Task: Write a program that > will create a text file, print the contents of the text file as you > create the file. Read the contents of

Re: debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 00:36: > Brian van den Broek wrote: >>I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux >>distros on Intel x86 laptops. (The software modem was always the >>sticking point.) A recent acquaintance h

Re: how to remove duplicated elements in a list?

Alex Martelli said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 10:48: > Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > >>>>>orig_list = [3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1,3] >>>>>new_list = list(set(orig_list)) >>>>>new_list.sort(cmp=

Re: how to remove duplicated elements in a list?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-19 02:27: > Steve Holden wrote: > >>Kevin Yuan wrote: >> >>>How to remove duplicated elements in a list? eg. >>>[1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1,3] -> [1,2,3]? >>>Thanks!! >>> >> >> >>> list(set([1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1,3])) >>[1, 2, 3] >> > > Would this ha

debian and python--any potential pitfalls?

Hi all, I know that this is something for which I could (keep) STFW, but I'm mostly ignorant of the subject area and under a bit of a deadline. So I hope people won't mind if I truncate my search and ask here. I've tried solo and failed a few times to install various Linux distros on Intel x86

Re: Why and how "there is only one way to do something"?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-15 07:50: > obvious). It is just like there are language on this planet that reads > from right to left horizontally, as well as top to bottom, then right > to left. And you are trying to tell them that English way is the "right > way" or the obvi

Re: Any good Python forums?

SeNTry said unto the world upon 2005-12-15 10:25: > Hello, > > Are there any good active python forums online? Especially any forum that > has an uber-noob section! > It is not a forum, but if you are looking for a newbie-tailored venue, the python tutor list

Re: Still Loving Python

Peter Decker said unto the world upon 2005-12-14 07:03: > On 12/13/05, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>Why this need to have everyone do things the way you do? >> >>Whatever makes you think I have this need? I said I hated them. I'm >>pretty sure I didn't say everyone should have to

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